2013 AFL Rising Star

The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a stand out young player in the Australian Football League.^[1] The winner for 2013 was Jaeger O'Meara.^[2]

2013 NAB AFL Rising Star
Jaeger O'Meara, winner of the 2013 Rising Star, playing with Hawthorn in April 2017
Sponsored by	National Australia Bank
Date	4 September
Country	Australia
Ron Evans medallist	Jaeger O'Meara (Gold Coast)
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Eligibility

Every round, an Australian Football League rising star nomination is given to a stand out young player. To be eligible for nomination, a player must be under 21 on 1 January of that year and have played 10 or fewer senior games before the start of the season; a player who is suspended may be nominated, but is not eligible to win the award. At the end of the year, one of the 23 nominees is the winner of award.^[1]

Nominations

Round	Player	Club	Ref.
1	Ollie Wines	Port Adelaide	[3]
2	Aaron Mullett	North Melbourne	[4]
3	Jed Anderson	Hawthorn	[5]
4	George Horlin-Smith	Geelong	[6]
5	Jaeger O'Meara	Gold Coast	[7][2]
6	Bradley Hill	Hawthorn	[8]
7	Nick Vlastuin	Richmond	[9]
8	Jackson Macrae	Western Bulldogs	[10]
9	Sam Kerridge	Adelaide	[11]
10	Lachie Whitfield	Greater Western Sydney	[12]
11	Tom Mitchell	Sydney	[13]
12	Sam Mayes	Brisbane Lions	[14]
13	Jake Neade	Port Adelaide	[15]
14	Brad Crouch	Adelaide	[16]
15	Michael Talia	Western Bulldogs	[17]
16	Tom Nicholls	Gold Coast	[18]
17	Adam Tomlinson	Greater Western Sydney	[19]
18	Marley Williams	Collingwood	[20]
19	Zac Williams	Greater Western Sydney	[21]
20	Rory Laird	Adelaide	[22]
21	Jack Viney	Melbourne	[23]
22	Brodie Grundy	Collingwood	[24]
23	Luke Brown	Adelaide	[25]

Final voting

	Player	Club	Votes
1	Jaeger O'Meara	Gold Coast	44
2	Brad Crouch	Adelaide	31
3	Ollie Wines	Port Adelaide	26
4	Tom Mitchell	Sydney	11
	Aaron Mullett	North Melbourne	11
6	Nick Vlastuin	Richmond	7
7	Lachie Whitfield	Greater Western Sydney	3
8	Brodie Grundy	Collingwood	1
	Sam Mayes	Brisbane Lions	1
Source: AFL Record Season Guide 2015[26]